•< :f
Excitement at Gaston*
Gov. Bigler his pardoned Dr. 'LachendOr,
one of the » Easton conspirators,’' ‘ whose
case made so-mech 'noise' afew 'months back 1 ,
r Tim Norlhamplon Farmir, a Democratic
paper which carries Gov. Bigler’s name at its
lmast>6ead, speaks of the act as follows:
Our towiv wasthrown into the most intense
exoitoraent'on'Tufisday last,by the intelligence
lint Guv.! Bigler, by p pardon, had released
Dr. Lachonour from imprisonment and re
mitted-his fine I Never, upon any occasion,
or from’any cause, have we witnessed such
unanimityof condemnation of an act, dr so
deep and hearty anathemas evoked upon. tho
head of tbe man who committed it.
■ The people of this community feel it to be
an outrage upon the Court and the Jury who
patiently sat for three long weeks, affording
this man every opportunity of proving his
innocence of tho foul charge of conspiracy
—of robbing, by the most infamous means,
on imbecile,- weak old man of his money—
that every principle of law which individuals
and communities look to for protection from
Iho hand of the assassin and the foul con
spirator, has been trodden under foot by Gov.
Bigler, in thus releasing this man'Trom the
righteous judgment of the law which had
been imposed upon him.
We call upon the, people to pause. Gov
ernor Bigler may be able to justify this act,
by the facts and circumstances presented
for his consideration, which we think he is
bound to make public. Nay, we-demand
that he make them public, for if ho refuses—
it he does nothing to convince the people of
(his country, that ho was justifiable in inter
fering with and setting aside a verdict and
sentence which nineteen-twentieths of our
citizens considered right and just, he will
find, that in despite of all the cfforls-of those
few Whigs whose friendship and support ho
has secured by this act, the people will pro
nounce such a judgment upon him at the
ballot-box, ns Will convince him that the ver
dicts of our juries, and the sentences' of our
Courls, are not to be trampled undejr foot—
even by a Governor.
If Gov. Bigler is satisfied (hat Dr. Lach
cnour is innocent, if he has been shown that
iho vcrdict of the jury was erroneous—or the
sentence intolerable, why did he stop where
ho has—why does he sulfur innocent men to
he incarcerated in a Stale Prison—why not
liberate those men 7 If he is justifiable in
pardoning one, he is in pardoning all, and lhe
people will demand it of him. Peiilions arc
already in circulation—a public meeting will
he hold—tho Governor must extend his clem
ency to them, and not suffer jhem to remain
ihoro until “ aficr the election”—iho lime at
which it is said, he has agreed to liberate
Vhem, It would nol only be just, but good
policy, for lltw ore democrats and will depos
it in the ballot box nn arliclo'which he will be
very short of in this county unless he lakes
some effectual means of satisfying ihe people
that he is justifiable in what he has already
done.
Two poor young men were sentenced to
six months imprisonment in the county jail
nod fine of $5O and costs. Their time ex
pired, They were unable to pay the fine,
and wore,kept there for three months on ac
count of their poverty] Oar Commissioners;
-jKTtrrhnroa mo ocnrermjr ter remit the fine, sta
ting the'tiller inability of the prisoners to pay
—that they were only an expense to the coun
ty. Governor Bigler treated (he Commission
ers with silent contempt—he never even no
ticed them. In the case of this millionaire,
in the will of the community, al
most to a man, tho Governor remits the fine
—robs the county of $ 2500 —which was her
just due as the penalty of this man’s crimes,
and refusesrto give us any thing in justification,
or even in explanation of his coprso. These
things will not do, and Gov. Bigler will thus
find it before he is nippy months older.
If Governors have the power to thus set
aside and render nugatory the doings of our
Courts of Justice—lf a Governor can with
impunity, Irafnple every principle of law and
Justice under foot, then wo say, abolish our
court*, do not call our citizens to servo for
weeks ns jurymen—hand offenders over to
lh(s'Governor, and let him deal with them ac
cording qs his interest or his prejudice shall
dictate. ' 1
The Nebraska. Test.—Some of tho Ad
ministration presses in other Slates seek to
produce the impression that the Nebraska
bill is not a test measure in the ranks of the
Democracy ; but one Shout which they may
difler. .without forces. The
Wnshjnglon national organ of-the
parly, sets its foot down against any such
shill. It says:
■ “ The Nebraska bill is a Test of Demo
cratic. Orthodoxy . —Tho majority have spo
ken,,and in this country the majority must
bo obeyed. It is not necessary that an ad
ministration should say what is or. what is
not e test of faith; but tho will of the major
ity of tho Democratic parly is no less poten
tial in making [a principle a test and in con
stituting tha| princible an article of the Demo
cratic creed.
' Tule'Canvass.— Tho Democratic 'lenders
are trembling with anxiety in relation to tbe
rash promise of Obvernbi* Bigler to meet his
opponent on the stump;'during (ho fair cam
paign.' Witt he be abio to get otT With only
one or fw'q speeches at'one or two-places?
This is how the question.- We trust (bat
Judge Pollock’s friends will insist upon lhc
full .rpdcmption by Governor Bigler of his
prqpaiso. Tbp campaign will open, if report
speaks, rightly, in the, western port of tfitr
Stale, in about two weeks’ from tbjs .time.
Pollock’s first, firo must drive the Governor
out of iho bushes on the Nebraska question.
— Phila.Rfpisicr. -
MAVou ComiXo, of Philadelphia, has bcjtd
the keepfer of a public housu for trialj for sel
ling liquor lo an intoxicated man who died In
consequence of such intoxication. The uci
cused offered in defence that ‘ho was tidr at
homo When the liquor' Was . bold, and that it
was sold by his baV-tonder. The Mayor re
plied 1 that hit absence Would not avail to
screeahitn, as his bar-keeper; acting as his
agent) made him responsible.
1 A l Pjtltoßsctfr'.lHDiNM -was treated to ten
Or filiMtriglassao bf liqudr by some lumber!
men near-!.Oldlbwn,'Maine;’a f uW days ago;,
and Waiaftorwardb (Riundndead, ' The iurw
did not knovr what ttitted liiuii' ■:, j J
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..FOB .GOVERNOR, -
JAMES POILLOOK, bfNorthmnberland,
PORCANAL COMMISSIONER,
6EOB6EDARSIE, of Allegheny.
FOR SUPREME COURT, -.
DANIEIi M. SMYSER, of Montgomery.
ID 4 Hon. G. A. Grow will please accept oar thinks
for Census Report of, 1850, and other valuable docu
meats.
HIT Has (heritor of tho Agitator, sailing under
his piratical flag of" no-parly,” become satisfied
with the answer to his question ?—Montrose Demo
crat.
The above is the winding up of a
column answer in tho last Democrat, to opt inquiry
as to the beer bill that stuck in Gov. Bigler’s pocket
—which inquiry was made some weeks ago.
Let us examine-Mr. Chase’s answer, and then an
swer his question at life head of this article. -
First, then, tho editor of the Pemoerai is inform
ed that we shall not permit him to lead away from
the question at issue by flinging upon our shoulders
(he sins of the Whig, or Native American parlies.
We belong to neither, are responsible for the acts of
neither, shall defend neither, and shall discuss noth
ing under this present bead, except (bat “ dirty beer
bill," as he calls it. When this is done, we will an
swer his question.
We know that the Lager Beer bill passed late in
the session, and we also know what onr contempo
rary says he he docs not, (bat it was intended to ad
vance the cause of Temperance. If, as he very
justly observes, it simply lodges tire power to grant
licenses to beer shops in another tribunal, there is
abundant evidence of design in it. What was the
design ?—what the virtue of tho change 1 Why,
instead of permitting the County Treasurer to issue
beer licenses ad libitum, it threw around tiro traffic
an additional precaution—obliging every applicant
for the glorious privilege to vend Lager Beer, to pre
sent himself before (lie court of Quarter Sessions,
with his petition settihg forth that the proposed shop
was necessary to tho convenience of tho public,
that the petitioner had ample accommodations for
man and beast, that be was sober and of good re
pute alms's men, and this certified to by twelve re
spectable members of community. Gut Mr. Chase
would represent that this bill does nut successfully
contemplate the suppression of these hol-hcds, of
intemperance and its hideous consequents. Is this
fair ? If the pocket-vetoed beer bill docs not aim
at, and proviso in a degree for the suppression of
tho Lager beer traffic, then why is tho power to
grant licenses fur ions and taverns lodged in the
Quarter Sessions, and surrounded with restrictions ?
Why is it not lodged will the County treasurer?—
Nujv, ont'fl(ntemporary knows just as well os any
body why this power to license taverns is not given
into the treasurer’s hands, os it is in regard to beer
houses, for ho is by no means an ignorant man in
regard to llicso matters ; yet wo will answer the
question ; It was because ■ Intemperance was dis
ccrncd to bo a great,"a stupendous and aspiring evil;
and as a means to keep it in ebook, lawmakers de.
terminod to place tho traffic in tho hands of respect
able men. Now as tho number of respectable men
who would wish to'engage in each a miserable, dir
ty traffic, might well bo estimated as small, those
lawmakers did not hit so wide of the mark after all.
Now Mr. Editor, if your friend, Mr. Bigler bad
signed that “dirty beer bill,” wo submit that the
cause of temperance would have been materially ad
vanced ; for not more than one in fifty of the present
number of beer houses, could have been legally li
censed.
Bnt why would it have advanced tho cause of tem
perance? Because, os Mr. Chase well knows—
one Lager Beer shop will damn mote half-grown
boys, body and soul, than ton respectable taverns.
These accursed dens are debauching the rising gen
eration, and converting every community into a
Pandemonium, wherever tho law has given them a
foothold. Look around you, you who llvo in large
villages and cities; who keep your Lager beer shops?
Arc they not among the vilest, and most degraded
of the denizens of your lanes and alleys 7 Wc have
[poked for ourself, and know that your answer must
be— "yes!" Then why is this beer bill, striking
directly at tbo suppression of these dens, deemed of
so little importance by tho friends of Gov. Bigler 1
Shall we answer this, also 7—Because tho Lager
beer traffic is principally confined to the foreign
population, and the foreign voto is essentially neces
sary to secure Mr. Bigler even a respectable minor.
fly. This is why the beet bill is hissed at by the
friends of Mr. Bigler—will Mr. Chase deny this?
His assertion that tbo second section of this hill
calends the privilege to sell liquor to a class of mer
chants now debarred, seems not to have any found
ation in fact. On tho contrary, the bill provides that
a class who do sell, now, shall be debarred hence,
forth if tills bill becomes a law; and Mr. Chase, who
was Speaker of the House at Die time of its passage
and whoso name is signed to the bill, should have
remembered better. Under the present law,licenses
to soil liquors by the quart may be issued to any
man who will pay (lie fifty per cent, on a license of
class B,] But this "dirty beer bill” provides that
no person shall receive a liqcnse to wholesale liquors
unless ha, shall rank, and bo ranked a member of the
fourteenth class by the appraiser of mcrcontilo tax
es. And the licensee must sell goods other than -liq
uors, sufficient to place him in the Hlh class.
Now, since tho Democrat editor is a legal gentle-
ho will point out the section so obnox
ious' to tho charge of- license extension. Having
been favorably placed to obscraa the working of tho
preacnUaw for nearly two years, wo cannot see that
this hill grants any now privileges. Wc polish the
bill in another column,-that all may judge between
it and tho present license law.
But if Gov. Bigler has any sorioua objections to
the bill in his packet, why, in tho name of common
sonsc, did ho approve a bill at exactly similar pro
visions, so far as beer Is concerned, Id take effect in
• scvcjaMowns of Tioga County 7 Shull wo answer
for tho' Democrat 7 ' Because Mr. Bigler knew (hat
Tioga Was, bnd is, a temperance county; and that
lie Wo'ifld risk nothing by so dbihg. This, every ac
lion of Mr. Bigler's shows to be the 1 policy be has
adopted in regard to the important questions of the
day—a withholding of his opinions until tho fatal
" Tuesday” shall have cbmo and gone,bearing Jiim
as we sincerely hope, away from the place he has in
nowice honoted. • 1 ■ •
Should diir friend have occasion to n'atho our call
ing again, wo fiopohe will not designate’ it as piracy
—as wc have a greater 'thirst for knowledge con
cerning Mr. BiglerV principles; than for tho blOOd
and gold of our follow-men. 1 Anyinformationinri
gard to bis principles, or his political proclivities;
of his opinion pf iho roach obqscd goose' qqeßljon,
or, in fact, hi regard to his, wlioroalionls on 'anw.im
portant jtpblio nfaUet’.sjtfcd ho ’servci) in' jiis 1 prekepi
capa6Uy,will be Ihahblbllyftciivcd itthisoffico.' 1
The editor of tho Agitator h not satisfied . '.witii
Iho Democrat's answer to our question. - Wc wail
still; t!’ - y.ij ~-j 5
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& 1 i-V- 'v tf'l'fA-;'.
fl The T Mliitejjihia daily ptpats.kre
m Judge for in of
Quit, arriugned (oil selling lighofpn
sgaa rw.der Jo
pal down Dio Sunday traffic, unavailing. Tho Sun
is quite severe in some of its remarks. Here .is .a
good argument From that paper: •'
“Now, wobavc it distinctly staled that the act of
1794 'prohibits Uie salo or liquor on Sunday—Dial
the Licerfso Law grants no right interdicted by that
act, nd that a tavern keeper has no moie right “to
do and perform worldly employment or business on
the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday,” than
any other person. If, (healths law of 1794 offers
no right or privilege, by what right docs the licensed
tavern keeper sell liquor on Sunday 7 Ho evidently
has none, and is directly amenable as the man who
sells without a license—or in other wards, keeps a
disorderly tippling house.' If the act of 1794 offers
no protection, and grants no license for selling liquor
on Sunday, what is more clear than that every man,
licensed or unlicensed, is,equally culpable if he sella
on Sunday, and is equally liable to conviction 7"
The. .Register, in commenting upon the above, says
that Temperance men on tho Bench would- have so
reasoned; but that the Supremo Judges are not Just
ly chargeable with treachery in deciding against
Temperance and good order, as they never pretend
ed to be friendly. One thing is evident; The Su
preme Bench is to the Judiciary, what the Senate
is to the Legislative department of our Government
—awfully old fogyish. Both are away back, keep
ing company with the ferrule and dunce-block of
other days. Rev. H. W. Becchcr should include
them in his judgement of the Church—which he de
scribed as “ lumbering behind Reform like the bag
gage waggons of an army! ” But tho Sopreme
Bench and the Senate are still farther behind—like
stragglers and skulkers in the rear of the bsggagc
waggons.
The Register has some excellent, remarks concern
ing temperance manors, as connected with the com
ing election, as well as with the recent decision in
tho Omit case.;
“4Ve trust that the $4 fine will he rigorously in
flicted ; that licenses will be revoked under the stat
ute ; that liquor sellers may be punished for selling
to intoxicated persons; that keepers of disorderly
houses may be indicted and that temperance men
may go steadily to work to elect good and true men
on right issues and clear pledges, to the Governor’s
chair, the Legislature and the Beach—and also to
procure an overwhelming vole fuV tho Prohibition
Law in October.”
Wo endorse the sentiment of the above in full.
Our Temperance brethren in Northern Fcnnsylva
nia, must not let their brethren in the southern coun
ties gel the start of them. Let us begin here in Ti
oga and put the laws we hare nets in force j let us
observe the letter, as well os the spirit in its execu
tion ; and in the meantime, let the strength of the
Temperance party 'be husbanded for the coming
struggle. The approaching contest between Order
and Disorder, Jb not to be a fair and opcn-lmndcd
struggle: the Temperance clement is far the more
powerful, estimating its power by the universality al
its diffusion; but the strife is to be one of principle
with an immense aggregated capital, directed and
applied to the perpetuation of tho second greatest
curse that ever descended to darken the homes and,
desolate the hearts of the children of men. There
is no disguising tills startling truth, nor should it be
disguised. The friends of Prohibition must go up
to the polls prepared to dispute (he field, not with
numbers, but witli a mighty consolidated interest,
whoso agents will leave no stano unmoved Uiut
stands in the path of Success. We have no fear for
tiio result in Tioga, but the larger llio majority in
tliis County, the more wc shall have to help a minor
ity elsewhere. There should be no delay in propna.
lion, no trusting implicitly in the cloudless skies
tiiat o'ercanopy us now. Pray fur success, but pray
with your war-harncss on, and never forget Ihatatcr-
Ting truth—“ God helps those who help themselves! ”
Wc give another extract from the Register touch
ing the duty of Temperance men, and hope every
reader will ponder well the importance of the point
urged therein—which wc have seen no where else
i touched upon i
“Oneword now to temperance men. They will not
like It. perhaps, but they will pardon ns for saying
it: They arc making a great mistake in relation
1 lo the election of Judges pf the Supreme Court.—
1 Those Judges arc elective ; they have the power lo
; nullify any Prohibitory Law that may bo passed;
1 and it is ail important to voters to know their opin-
I ion on the principle of the constitutionality of the
Prohibitory Law. Voters have a right to know this.
It wonld not he proper to ask a judge how lie will de
cide in a particular cose; whether he will charge in
favor of John Smith or Thomas Thompson; but it
' is proper lo ask him whether the riglit of search is
constitutional. The present candidates for tlie Su
preme Court declined answering, and we arc sorry
to say, the lito Temperance Convention approved
that course. As a delegate, wo voted with the mi
nority. Let. the temperance men elect a Legislature
that will pass a Prohibitory Law, and a Governor
who will approve it, it will avail nothing if enemies
occupy tho bench of the Supremo Court.”
We freely acknowledge the force of the Register's
reasoning, but hardly think any man wiil be found
willing to incur the charge of giving extra-judicial
decisions, by determining as to the constitutionality
of a Prohibitory Law.
Asparaous Coffee. —Baron Liebig line discovered
that the seeds of thd asparagus plant contain a prin
ciple that he calls taurine, which is identical with
that of the coffee berry, and that when free from the
pulp, dried and roasted, and made into u beverage in
the Batpe way, it cannot be distinguished from good
Mocha coffee. Will some iff our country friends
try it. It may open a now siurce of wealth for this
country.— Tribune.
Wo are inclined to think that the asparagus, now
•so good and healthy a subject for table greens, in
case the Tribune's call shot Id be answered, would
become a fruitful source of I cadsches, hysteria, and
nervous disorders without end. Coffee is a power
ful stimulant, and upon the tjervea of one not accus
tomed to its use, it lias an effect very similar to that
produced by alcoholic liquors. It is thought very
nutritious by a large proportion of its consumers,
but lake away Us usual acfcompamamenls—cream
and sugar, and bow much [more nutritive would it
bo than tansy bitters 7
After all, parhaps it is \
ache stuff then there will hi
Loan soup for breakfast and
c l.a!”
Gresr, Cats and B*ciieu|
agraph \vc clip from tho' re
ccedings of iho Connecticut]
Bill to tax geese, cats ail
Mr. Harrison was opposed
bachelors. There was ali
goose, and an; man who had
without being married, Cou
section. The bill was indei
O’ The Pnovtx’s Jouutu
Beach, New York, is one' of
tific periodicals published in
giist'No.,' imsji/ly-two splen
patcnls iseucd Ibr thi
ilnd A choice' variety of othe
monthly isinvaluablo to tin
mfcr.‘,sl per year. ■
• OBrolhcrßoynolds, of
e'ripl, ftlay ircst ‘assured tint
hij «o freely'extends to us,
Wb An work Ishoulder to'S
Humanity without quarrel
AtjjTATOBJi
veil to raise one’s head.
: less danger of supping
Icalling it “ superb Mo-
tjss. —The following par
igular report of the pro
jLegialaiurc,on the 27 th
Id bachelors, taken up.
to the provision taxing
ax laid olready upon a
I lived twenty-five years
Id bo taxed under that
nitcly postponed.
~, published hy Alfred E.
f the most valuable scien
| this cdunlry. The Au
i Ji.d engravings, a lisl.pf
11 month ending June 30,
ifbcadhble mailer. ' This
n mochahio and tbo far-
tho Carbondalo Trant
; tho hand of fellowship
is as freely' accepted.-:,
boulder in (ho cause of
ing about minor issues-
f O’Jac\t;Fftfi a severe visit oh
Mpiiday -flight}. kind* paid ruinous
jiihutt week, mercury uptp
of winter clothes and
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”■* ’ ’ Just a few Words.
■ Having examined the files of the Eagle for a few
months past,- we - arc net at all - surprised (e find its
worthy editor terribly puzzled to decide In what “In
dependence” consists. Being charitably Inclined,
we will trylo help biro out. Wo must be brief, as
space will not adroit of any extended elucidation of
a subject witli 1 which tho public are generally ac
quainted. - .
First, then, to ns, Independence seems Id consist
in speaking out boldly what odd considers to be the
truth, and in a rigid adherence to principles, rather'
than to men and parties, and a strailforward perfor
mance of duly, without reference to—“ What will
the world say 7 ”
Second, an independent newspaper roost necessa
rily in degree be the exponent of tho views of its
editor. He has his standard of Right and Wrong,
and if it is tolerably correct, he will bo patronized.
Third, (or the exclusive benefit of out unfortunate
neighbor, we will state, that an Independent-paper
cannot be Neutral, her can its editor sit astride the
fence, as ho does, when important questions are be
ing agitated. Ho must be found on one side or the
other —always there . And when he gets wrong
be must come ontlike an independent man and own
up.
Fourth, wo fly (he wiiig ticket at our mast-head
because, as wo distinctly stated in ourjirst number,
we are anti-Nebraska to the backbone and every one
of the men an (hat ticket have spoken out boldly, in
opposition tho Slave power; not becanse they are
Whigs. Wo go in for a reduction of the tariff laid
on Free Labor by tho Slave power, and a system of
internal improvements, having for their object the
rendering of the area of free soil as long and as
broad as the green earth. We cannot support either
of the men on the Democratic ticket, because they
dare not avow their sentiments in regard to either
the Temperance or Slavery extension questions.
The people will understand this, and that is ail that
we care about
Destruction of Ctrcytown, -
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
This Quixotic tilt of our wonderful administration
against a defenceless town, arose from the action of
our Minister, Mr. Borland, wlia, rifle in hand and
a bully’s threat upon his lips stood between the po
lice of that town and a fugitive from justice. For
lliis unwarrantable proceeding, ho was detained on
shore one night. To avenge this terrible insult,
Commander Hollins, of the Cyonc, deliberately des
troyed the place by fire. We below present a di
gest of the spirit of the Press, prepared expressly
for our readers;
The N. Y. Express says:
“The disgraceful affair at Greytown, as it
becomes belter undersiood, excites here—as
we see if does at Washington— sentiments of
indignation and disgust. Our national flag
has been dishonored by n performance to
which, we thank Providence, there is no par
allel in our annals, and the like of which, we
earnestly pray, we may never be called up
on to record again.”
And the Tribune: ■ .
“ We shall perhaps be fold that the insult
to Mr. Embassador Borland was ground
enough for this terrible stretch of vengeance.
As if such a blackguard as Borland, a man
whoso only other official acts the Govern
ment lias disclaimed and consigned to merit
ed oblivion, could by any possibility he insul
ted up to that point 1 We apprehend that the
common sense of the American people will
not be deluded into the idea that the acts of
seeming incivility offered to this travelling
ambassador, who with rifle in hand, stands
- up to protect homicides against lawful arrest,
were of a nature to require even an apology.”-
And the Journal of Commerce :
“ There are many besides ourselves,ho
will doubt tbo wisdom of proceeding 10 such
j extremities ns ihe bombardment and burning
I of the village; espeeinih' as a considerable
j portion of the loss of property will fall upon
i our own citizens. Considered as a naval
• achievement, the act confers no honor.”
I And the Herald:
Assuming that the demand made upon the
} town was just, yet, even then, the public, we
i think, will agree with us in the opinion, that
flhe refusal of San Juan to comply with their
! demands, afforded no adequate justification
I for the punishment inflicted upon the place,
i The civilized world will require lo know if
those demands were really just, before it con
listen lo any apology for the barbarity of the
act, or relieve the perpetrators from the odi
um that rests upon them.”
And the Times: ,
“ We suppose—barn is it is lo do so—(hat
we must take it for granted that the act of
ihe Cyane was the work of the Administra
tion, until it is disowned. If so, and if the
.Administration is seeking to put the enp
sheaf upon all the measures fhat our people
has ever been foredd to endorse lor its blun
dering, misplaced and ambitious rulers, it
need do no more. To die in the act of con
summating a noble victory has always been
esteemed the crowning glory of heroes. Let
Ihe Administration die now, and its monu
ment will never be overtopped.”
And the Courier <s• Enquirer:
“ We forbear to anticipate, since we can
not deprecate the horror and indignant scorn
with which the nows of this sweppingmnd
barbarian vengeance will ha received by the
civilized world. We cannot but shrink from
the just judgement of disgrace which the mon
strous political corruption of the times has
brought upon us, along with the Administra
lion of Franklin Pierce,”
The. Washington correspondent of the Na
tional Democrat says:
" But one sentiment is expressed, in regard
to (he conduct of Captain Hollins, and that
is extreme indignation. Captain Hollins,
however,, you may rely upon it, only acted
in accordance with the orders of the Govern
ment hero. It is they, and they only, that
must assume the responsibility. Solon Bor
land who has been summarily avenged, I un
derstand, will not retu.rn. to.. hia mission. He
js now in Arkansas, canvassing for a. seal in
the United Slates Senate.”.
, The N. Y. Reader,,a hold, toned* able in
dependent paper,,hits away thus: ■
“ The feeble Republics of South Amerjca
may assault ourmerchantmen,and-amuse
themselves by experimenting, upon out for
bearance. : But: your unarmed,.undefended,
(idle towns,, ‘‘ that haven’t, got no friends,”
inny os weli be careful how t(icy : ,trifle with
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shmrti: more
m&|n»nimitjyW beehjeipecled
by its most (ardent admirers. It has. felt ob
liged lo thrash somebody, and it has taken
one of its ttze/ u - J
THE PEOPLE ON NEBRASKA.
Pitted up for tile Agitator.
BY PASTE SOISSOBS, ESft.
The Louisville- Journal says The Ne
braska' lajv has no strength in Indiana. A few
Democrats in that State pretend to be in favor
of it, but they are onl'y office-holders,' office-r
seekers,-and the obsequious followers of office
holders and office-seekers. A large majority
of Indiana is against, the law. We have
already referred to several Democratic anti.
Nebraska meetings in Indiana that rebuked
the Democratic Slate Convention. The ed
itor of the Evansville Journal says that he
has not heard of (he first successful Demo
cratic Nebraska meeting in ihe State. He
says :—“ The Nebraska meeting at Lafay
ette voted down Nebraska resolutions; and
at Indianapolis none were offered because it
was known they were to bo sotoddown there.
Nowhere in the Sjale has the party been able
lo get up an out-and-out Nebraska meeting.”
The editor makes mention of several large
Democratic and anli-Nebraska meetings that
have just been held, and speaks of several;
calls made for other meetings of the same sort.'
lowa, —The Anti-Nebraska men of Des
Moines county held a Convention at Burling
ton recently and nominated a full Couniy and
Legislate ticket, composed of most worthy
and competent men. The Burlington Tel
egraph, a paper edited by Democrats, but
independent in politics, says of ihis new move
ment :
“ The people have a plain duly before them.
A reorganization and fusion of parlies is ta
king place all over the country. The same
motives which prompt such a course elsewhere
are found lo exist here in an eminent degree.
1 The old issues are dead’ and the people
are tired of cliques and disgusted with iheir
management. For once, we are all Whigs
and all Democrats ; and for once, and to the
great displeasure of old managers, both Whigs
and Democrats have the independence to think
and act and speak for themselves. Long
may they wave! and long may they’ assert
their right lo keep their own consciences and
to manage iheir own affairs.''
Minnesota. —The New York Tribune
has an account of a convention of the friends
of freedom in this territory, held at St. An
thony, on the 4.1 h insl. A series of resolu
tions wore adopted, denouncing ihe Nebraska
Bill, declaring that iis principle applies io
Minnesota as well as to the other territories,
and calling on the people of the Free States
to unite ngainst the schemes of the Slave
Power. The Convention, which was large
and enthusiastic, adjourned, afier appointing a
Provisional Committee, to mature a plan of
organization, and call meetings at discretion.
W. E. Bobb, formerly Governor of Ohio,
now a citizen of Illinois, writes to the Tri
bune as follows:
“You may rely that the North has at last
resolved to stand by the right. If wo are
wise, we can carry every Stale north of Ma
son and Dixon. Even Illinois will not sus
tain Douglas. We have, you know, four
Whigs, Washburn, Norton, Knox and Ynles.
Wentworth and Bissell dare not go ogainsl us.
Richardson cannot be returned from that Yan
kee Quincy District ; so we will have seven
of the nine. Whether the two Allens can be
sent back from Egypt (Southern Illinois) re
mains to be tried. The people there say not,”
. Not at all Surprising.—Abolitionists
will remember the shocking remark made not
many years since by a popular and eloquent
Southern Divine, that-“ he would ns-soon
buy or sell a slavb os a leg of mutton.” The
man who uttered this brutal sentiment was
Rev. W. T. Hamilton, D. D, of Mobile, who
has lately been detected in a crime so foul that
a clean tongue shrinks from even naming it.
He has been driven not only from the public,
but even from Ihe society of the “ respectable”
slaveholders, whose crimes he has so often
sought to justify from (he Scriptures.
Massachusetts Republican State Con
vention. —The Provisional Committee, ap
pointed by the Convention of the People held
at Worcester on the 20ih day of July cur
rent, call upon the Republicans of each of
ihe towns and cities of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts, to elect a number of delegates,
equal to three times the number of represen
tatives to which they are entitled in the Gen
eral Court, to attend n Stale Convention at
Worcester, on Thursday, the 7th day of Sep
tember next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., to nomi
nate candidates for Slate officers, and to lake
such oihet actions as may be thought proper,
in order to promote the cause of resistance lo
to the Slave Power.
A correspondent of the Lancasler (Pa.)
Whig says: Extraordinary efforts are being
made here by “ the powers that bo,” lo send
a large body of men to Lanzas to socurse
that lovely country to Slavery. The friends
of freedom must by no means relax their ef
forts ; the crisis is an important one, anc| I
trust the association in your town will exert
itself for this great cause, that they will in
crease and extend their influence. In all
probability the President of The Union Emi
gration Society, Ihe Hon. John Z, Goodrich,
will visit Harrisburg in a few days. 1 trust
he will bo warmly and cordially received.
A Colored Man in Office. —Hon. Ed
ward Jordan, for many years editor of the
Morning Journal at Kingston, Jamaica, was
recently chosen Mayor of that city. He had
previously held a seat in the Legislative Caun
cil and filled many other honorable offices.
He was elected Mayor because he was thought
to be the only man in the place whose ad
ministrative qualities and weight of character
were adequate ip an imponano crisis in public
affairs. He accepted the office only,after t|ie
moat urgent/solicitations.
Pennsylvania.— The, Indiana, Co. Clar
ion of Freedom, an independent Anli-Nebras.
ka paper, ts boiler satisfied’ with the position
of Judge , Pollock, the Whig candidate for
Governor, than that of,the other candidate.
The Clarion says;
In regard tothej position of Mr. Pollock on
lljesq questions, vya unhesitatingly, say that it
is far preferable to that occuf
Bigler. His letters on* bolt
him to, be opposed to the aj
slave power, the extension
the Nebraska bill. In ansa
dressed to him by a commit)
Anti-Nebraska meeting in
Mr. Pollock says: “ I reg
the. Nebraska bill as reckles
—a wanton breach of na
plighted faith, arid an undis]
extend the institution of Sic
ry now free.” He also sa;
vor of reenacting that pprti.
Compromise which pro.hibi
Territories of Kansas and
whole letter is favorable to t
liberty. He also says: ‘
these Territories it will be t
thority of conalitulionaiJa'
of all law.” This langt
unequivocal on the Slaver
The Beer Bill that
Bigler’s P«
No. 1., an Act for the better Regulation of the Vend
ing of Spirituous and plait Liquors.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted iby the Senate and
House of of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania inlGeneral Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by-tbe authori
ty of the same, That from and after the pass
age of this act, no person or person or per
sons shall sell or expose to sale any beer,'ate
porter or other maltllquoirs without a license
for that purpose, first hjtd or obtained frqjn
the Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper
county, in (be same way and subject to the
same rules and regulationg as regards the li
censing and keeping beer houses, and the
payment of the license fees to the. Common
wealth, as are now applied by law to the
keepers of ions and taverns.
Sec. 2. That from dnd after the passage
of this ad, ho license shall be granted by the
treasurer of atfy county, to any person or
persons to sell spirituous liquors by the quart
or otherwife, unless the person or persons so
applying for such license shall be relailers'of
foreign, and domestic goods, wares and mer
chandize, other than spirituous liquors, enti
tled to be classed equal) with the fourteenth
class, and have been thus regularly classed
by the appraisers of mefcantilelaxes.
Sec. 3. That any person or persons ven
ding spirituous or maltl liquors without a li
cense for that purpose fjrsi had and obtained,
according to the provisions herein before pro
vided, and any person pr persons violating
any of the provisions qf this act, shall be
subject to the same penalties (hat are now by
law provided agaifist (barkeepers of unlicens
ed tippling houses: Provided, That this act
shall not be construed toj apply to the brewers
of mall liquors or the manufacturers or recti
fiers of spirituous liquors for wholesale pur
poses: Provided, That! the applicants for li
cense under this act shqll not bel required to
give notice thereof by advertising in the news
papers of the proper county : and said courts
shall have power to grapt said licenses at any
term at which petitions may be presented :
And Provided, That ndthing in this act con
tained, shall change theiciassification of ven
ders of spirituous and'malt liquors in the
oiiy nnd county of Philadelphia, or reduce
the amount of the license fees thereof.
E. B. CHAISE, Speaker of House.
M. M’CASLIN, Speaker of Senate.
Free Democratic' State Conven
tion.
Ai a meeting of (he Free Democratic S(a(o
Central Committee, held in Philadelphia, Au
gust 1, the following resolution was adopted:
“ That a Free Democratic Mass Conven
tion be held at Harrisburg on the 30th* day of
August, ins(., to considejr the policy and duly
of the Free Democratic iporty to the present
political crisis, unless tljere should bo a peo
ple’s Mass Convention fqr those opposed to the
aggressions of Slavery |as proposed at mee
tings lately held in Tioga County and else
where, called about that lime, in which event
the free Democracy will assemble at the lime
and place selected for such Convention.”
The important issues! now depending, and
the present position bf parties in this Slate;
the necessity for those who desire to interpose
effectually to resist the alarmitig encroach
ments of the slave power; these are circum
stances which call loudly upjflo every friend of
freedom to rally to this gathering, and thus
strengthen the hands of.the independent men
of all parties who may meet in such -general
Convention, should onq be held, or otherwise
by their numbers and Zeal, to give confidence
in any course of action which the Free Dem
ocratic parly may decide upon.
V$M. B. THOMAS, Chairman.
C. P. Jones, Secretary.
Philadelphia, Aug. 4, 1654.
Important to Justices or the Peace.
—Wo publish ihe second section of a law
passed at the recent session of the Pennsyl
vania legislature, relative to the duly of Jus
tices in making their returns to lire clerk of
tbo quarter sessions of jlhe peace :
Sec. 2. The aldermen and the justices of
the peace of*l lie several counties of this com
monwealth, shall be required to return to the
clerk of the court of quarter Sessions of the
peace of the respective counties, all the re
cognizances entered into before them by a ly
person or persons charged with the comrris
sion of any crime, excepting such cases ns
may be ended before an alderman or justice
of the peace under existing laws, at least ten
days before the commencement of the session
of the cpu'rl to which U)oy are made returna
ble respectively; and in all cases where any
recognizances are'entered into less than than
leh days before the session to which they are
made returnable, the said aldermen end justi
ces are required to retiirn the same, in the
same manner as il this act had not been
passed.' —Act 8 May, 1854, \ 1. P. h. 678,
Whiskey and Death.—The City Mar
shal of Detroit on Friday Inst, broke open the
door of a house in the Eighth Ward a f that
city, at the request or the neighbors, when a
most horrible scene was discovered. A gal
lon jug, partly filled with whiskey set upon
the floor, and. in' close proximity lay the forms
of Its four unfortunate victims, A matf, his
wife, and two children were i quite dead, with
only the jug to give air intimation of their fate
What an eloquent argument in favor m Pro
hibitory laSv. .
Sam Suck say like preaching to
the hdrvqs jjjslcatJ ofj the judgment.
led by Governor
subjects show
gressions of tbe
■'of -Slavery, and
er to a teller ad
se appointed at an
Sullivan county,
ird the passage of
s and ill-advised
ional honor and
[uised attempt to
j very over territo
'a; “I am in fa
m of tbe Missouri
;s Slavery in the
Nebraska.” His
he cause of human
1 If Slavery enters
otonly without au
r, but in violation
age is plain and
f question.
■llcki In Got.
jckct.